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The entire time I played Dead Space I found myself comparing it to Bioshock. I did this for several reasons. Both games are great at creating a world and an atmosphere you can allow yourself to get lost in.
Both games have RPG elements and strategies.
Both games have immersive stories.
The only reason I refuse to give Dead Space a score of 10 is because I keep coming to the same conclusion. Dead Space would not be what it IS, if it were not for Bioshock.
It borrows too many elements. (I'm not saying that is a 100 percent bad thing).
and the replay value simply is not as high.
On my 2nd playthru of Dead Space...The original magic of the first playthru was simply long gone, (This due to scripted events) and the game had become predictable....With Bioshock I found myself playing 3, 4 and 5 times thru...
All that being said...Dead Space is great...Its just hard to same a game is genius is such a golden age of gaming.